Starting the base I needed some foam, and something solid. I had a few oval MDF flats pre-made for bases. I took 2, and glued them together and then glued them to a piece of foam.
Once the glue was dry, I used my hot wire foam cutter to cut the oval shape into the foam using the MDF as a guide.
From there Is aw a YouTube video where they mixed Mod Podge together with paint and some sawdust to get a textured surface. Little did I know that everything is for sale on Amazon; even sawdust! I was able to buy two containers - rough and fine sawdust, and it was delivered in 2 days! I mixed all the ingredients, including some black paint together, and because of the sawdust, had to add water. Unfortunately I mixed in too much and ended with a soupy mix. But I still thought I could use it. Taking a palette knife I was able to add my mixture like icing on a cake. I added a few pebbles, and bark chips to recreate rocks. I also temporarily pushed the car into the wet mix so it would have a spot for it to sit when this all dried.
This took a few days to dry, but while I waiting I took some folded over Frog tape and created leaves for a plant I was going to add. Then I mixed up a little ball of Aves and created what will be a cycad type plant.
When the mix dried I added a few different shades of tan and yellow beige to the soil, and a reddish to the plant. I added the cycad and a big rock carved out of foam. Fred and the car were glued in next, and the final step was adding Wilma. She was glued to the back wheel and her feet to the ground. Thanks for looking.
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